The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-09-09

MARx 0ARnrrF q reported % have ben
murdered and robbed - McAllistsr, !. T.
on ths 3lst-
TnE United states Express Company
has secured by purchase thirty years
control Of the franchises u the Baltimore
4 Ohio Express.
II q semi.o6icially announced that
Supreme Court Of Illinois will, ON the 9th
inst. render Z decision Affirming the ro-
suit q the Chicago Anarchists trial.
A RIPPLE o. excitement has been caused
~ Washington By the report Of an assault
BY Judge zubia upon United States Consul
General Brigham.
MAyoR J. 3. d. Corxrxs. United States
Marshal for the Eastern district Of Mis-
souri,. died ~ his home In 81. Louis early
on the morning Of tho Let, aged seventy
four years.
MICHAEL BrrLER. Z discharged keeper
Of the Insane asylum on Wards Island,
N. ". states that out Of 1,75o inmates 81
the asylum 40 Of them are perfectly sane
and 1000 harmless
MRS. SIEDs, who was 20 have been hanged
q Tahleqnah. l. T.. on the ID, for the muir
der Of her grandchild, 70 hide her daugh-
ter's shame, has been respitcd until No
vember I.
JAMES H. MRACHAn, prominent map
publisher OF Detroit. Mich, was accident
ally shot on the Soth while hunting near
York. Neb.. and died soon after.
GENERAL NILSSON A. MILES was thrown
from tally-ho coach near Los Angeles,
CAL. on the evening OF the 3oth, and his
right leg was broken At the ankle. Sever
Il others sustained slight injuries.
JuDGE SAWYER Of the United States
Court q San Francisco gave dinner ON
the 30th to Senator Stanford, Justice
Field. Of the Federal Supreme Court, Judge
Hoffman and several prominent railroad
officials.
THE work Of svicting the tenants in ar
rears on the O'Grady estates, in Ireland
was concluded ON the Slst without fur
ther rioting. A bed-ridden woman, who
refused to Be installed as care-taker, was
removed with her bed outdoors.
REV. Dr. SEYMOUR, alias Coverdale, the
man whoran away from GAINESVILLE. Mimi.
with Editor Henry's wife was arraigned
in Jefferson Msrket police court, New
York. on the Slst and was discharged, the
Governor OF Minnesota having refused TO
issue requisition for him.
q. w. WILKINS, an extensive lumber
dealer and boat builder, Of Kittaning, Pa,
fed to Canada. He writes that he IL now
in Toronto and will mot return unless .
proposition for the compromise which he
has made to his creditors is accepted.
The livery barn Of J. HI. Coles, in De-
troit. Mich, was burned on the morning
OF the 3Ist, with its contents. George 5.
Hall. farmer near Mount Clemens, sixty
i've wears old, perished in the flames and
Il. u.,~x- u.I a1.,r.t unor -
old, and farmer named John Pearsel,
barely escaped.
PRoF. CHEYRuLE. the noted French
chemist, was one hundred and three years
old on the 31st. He is in perfect health.
He attended meeting Of the agricultural
society and made . pleasant speech,
thanking his colleagues for bouquet they
had presented him.
THE first litigation growing out Of the
Chatsworth horror in Illinois cropped out
on the 3lst in the shape OF nineteen damage
suits aggregating $l2s,5o0 which were be-
gun in the Circuit Court Of Peoria County.
Ten are for 5000 each, all death cases.
The Others are for injuries, and demand
various sums, reaching in one instances
$4,000.
TREASURY Department officials estimate
that the reduction in the public debt dur
ing the past month will be about $500. 900.
This comparatively light monthly reduc-
tion is accounted for by the unusual heavy
pension draft for August, which amounted
to fully <l6,000,oo0.
A PETITION has been filed In the General
Land ONCE by citizens Of White Pine
County, New, accompanied by resolutions
passed at q public meeting asking the in
PREVENTION OF the land department TO pro
tect settlers against the unlawful appro
priat ion Of the public domain by foreign
sheep-raisers.